Miserable commute: Rain and thunderstorms forecast for Friday

A band of moisture that started drenching the Southland overnight will continue through Friday morning in fits and starts with a smattering of thunder and lightning, the National Weather Service said.

“Roads will be slick,” said NWS meteorologist Carol Smith. “There are going to be scattered showers with a possibility of thunderstorms and also the possibility on your commute that you could run into a heavier shower and water on the road.”

A storm stretching from Catalina Island to Los Angeles International Airport and inland into Burbank and the western Antelope Valley will dampen Southern Californians on Friday morning but should fade away by the evening, Smith said.

Rain that sprinkled across South and Downtown L.A. early Friday won’t return until the morning heats up, triggering more showers and thunder, Smith said. It will drift east by the afternoon, she said.

Flash-flood warnings are in effect for the interior mountains and the Antelope Valley.

Antelope Valley residents should watch out for mud and debris from recent wildfires, the NWS said.